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Version of iText [message #486861]

Sun, 20 September 2009 05:03

Lars Vogel
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Registered: July 2009

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Hello,

I just downloaded iText from Orbit and it appear to me like a very old
version (1_5_4). Current is 2.1.7.

Do you have any plans to upgrade iText in Orbit? Or do I like
incorrectly at the version number?

Best regards, Lars

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Re: Version of iText [message #486879 is a reply to message #486861]

Sun, 20 September 2009 13:17

David Williams
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Registered: July 2009

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Lars Vogel wrote:
> ...
> I just downloaded iText from Orbit and it appear to me like a very old
> version (1_5_4). Current is 2.1.7.
>
> Do you have any plans to upgrade iText in Orbit?
> ...

We in Orbit do not have those plans. Our "plans" are driven
entirely by what other Eclipse Projects plan and their needs.
(That is, we are not a general purpose repo for bundles).
It appears this particular Orbit contribution was made by BIRT and/or
OSEE Projects. I suspect they simply have no need to move up to
latest version, for what ever they are using it for. But you
could ask them, on their newsgroups, I suppose.
Better, you could ask the iText project to provide an OSGI bundle
as part of their distribution!

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Re: Version of iText [message #486883 is a reply to message #486879]

Sun, 20 September 2009 13:46

Lars Vogel
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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi David,

Thank you for your answer.

I did already asked iText for an OSGi version in http://bit.ly/QIa2k

Best regards, Lars

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David Williams wrote:
> Lars Vogel wrote:
>> ...
>> I just downloaded iText from Orbit and it appear to me like a very old
>> version (1_5_4). Current is 2.1.7.
>>
>> Do you have any plans to upgrade iText in Orbit?
> > ...
>
> We in Orbit do not have those plans. Our "plans" are driven
> entirely by what other Eclipse Projects plan and their needs.
> (That is, we are not a general purpose repo for bundles).
> It appears this particular Orbit contribution was made by BIRT and/or
> OSEE Projects. I suspect they simply have no need to move up to
> latest version, for what ever they are using it for. But you
> could ask them, on their newsgroups, I suppose.
> Better, you could ask the iText project to provide an OSGI bundle
> as part of their distribution!
>
>
>

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Re: Version of iText [message #548207 is a reply to message #486861]

Wed, 21 July 2010 01:55

Gunnar Wagenknecht
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Registered: July 2009

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Am 20.09.2009 11:03, schrieb Lars Vogel:
> I just downloaded iText from Orbit and it appear to me like a very old
> version (1_5_4). Current is 2.1.7.

BTW, they changed their licens to AGPL which makes them incompatible to
Orbit.

-Gunnar

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